Adding documentation about onVariableChange

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# API state related functions Reference
### Saving / loading state
## Saving / loading state
The `WA.state` functions allow you to easily share a common state between all the players in a given room.
Moreover, `WA.state` functions can be used to persist this state across reloads.
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For security reasons, the list of variables you are allowed to access and modify is **restricted** (otherwise, anyone on your map could set any data).
Variables storage is subject to an authorization process. Read below to learn more.
#### Declaring allowed keys
### Declaring allowed keys
In order to declare allowed keys related to a room, you need to add **objects** in an "object layer" of the map.
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The name of the variable is the name of the object.
The object **type** MUST be **variable**.
You can set a default value for the object in the `default` property.
#### Persisting variables state
### Persisting variables state
Use the `persist` property to save the state of the variable in database. If `persist` is false, the variable will stay
in the memory of the WorkAdventure servers but will be wiped out of the memory as soon as the room is empty (or if the
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Do not use `persist` for highly dynamic values that have a short life spawn.
#### Managing access rights to variables
### Managing access rights to variables
With `readableBy` and `writableBy`, you control who can read of write in this variable. The property accepts a string
representing a "tag". Anyone having this "tag" can read/write in the variable.
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Trying to set a variable to a value that is not compatible with the schema will fail.
## Tracking variables changes
The properties of the `WA.state` object are shared in real-time between users of a same room. You can listen to modifications
of any property of `WA.state` by using the `WA.state.onVariableChange()` method.
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```
WA.state.onVariableChange(name: string): Observable<unknown>
```
Usage:
```javascript
WA.state.onVariableChange('config').subscribe((value) => {
console.log('Variable "config" changed. New value: ', value);
});
```
The `WA.state.onVariableChange` method returns an [RxJS `Observable` object](https://rxjs.dev/guide/observable). This is
an object on which you can add subscriptions using the `subscribe` method.
### Stopping tracking variables
If you want to stop tracking a variable change, the `subscribe` method returns a subscription object with an `unsubscribe` method.
**Example with unsubscription:**
```javascript
const subscription = WA.state.onVariableChange('config').subscribe((value) => {
console.log('Variable "config" changed. New value: ', value);
});
// Later:
subscription.unsubscribe();
```